It appears the much-touted electronic call-up system set up by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to arrest the movement of trucks operating in Apapa and environs has collapsed as gridlock on the port access roads has fully returned.

A visit to Apapa yesterday for the Maritime Association of Nigeria, MARAN grand reception in honour of Adeleye Ajayi as the Chairman Nigerian Union of Journalist, Lagos Chapter revealed a long line of trucks blocking the roads and bridge at Ijora and at Tin Can thereby hampering free movement into the Lagos Port Complex and Tin Can Island Port Complex and other adjoining areas.

The trucks heading to Apapa port blocked the road from Eleganza Plaza on Wharf Road all the way to the National Arts Theatre at Iganmu, while the trucks heading to Tin Can port backed up from the Second Gate all the way to Mile Two.

It appears both NPA and the Lagos traffic management team are helpless and the port roads have, once again, become free for all.

Recall that NPA rolled out the electronic call-up system on February 27 with promises by the Managing Director of the authority, Hadiza Bala Usman, that the new system was the much-needed elixir to Apapa gridlock. NPA launched an app called ETO, which truckers are expected to use to book turns to enter the port.

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